Percy Jackson Lightning Thief Quotes & Sayings

You can get a large audience together for a strip-tease act - that is, to watch a girl undress on the stage. Now suppose you came to a country where you could fill a theatre by simply bringing a covered plate on to the stage and then slowly lifting the cover so as to let every one see, just before the lights went out, that it contained a mutton chop or a bit of bacon, would you not think that in that country something had gone wrong with the appetite for food? — C.S. Lewis

I wasn't aiming for the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway. - Percy Jackson (Lightning Thief) — Rick Riordan

If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction. — Aneurin Bevan

One day, I discovered that a couple of people had written 'fanfic' - stories of their own based on my characters. Just the thought of people thinking that hard and deeply about something I've written is incredible. — Ann Leckie

Years later I applied for Oxford University, and I suppose you could say that in this way I escaped from my parents. Being their sole child had become too complicated. — Rachel Joyce

Excuse me?' she spat, and as Dougie and Celia always pointed out, it didn't matter that Neve never swore because she could make 'Excuse me?' sound like 'Go fuck yourself. — Sarra Manning

There was a snitch and he knew exactly who it had to be. — Leo Sullivan

For someone who did a lot of yoga and had a peace sign tramp stamp on her lower back, she sure could be a bitch. — Alison Umminger

Grover murmured, "Well, Percy, what have we learned today?"
That three-headed dogs prefer red rubber balls over sticks?"
No," Grover told me. "We've learned that your plans really, really bite! — Rick Riordan

Those who lead inspire us Whether they are individuals or organizations, we follow those who lead not because we have to but because we want to. — Simon Sinek

Unpopular speech is absolutely vital to the health of our nation. — Edward Norton

Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Jeez, Nico," I said. "I've never really tried."
He went on asking questions. Did I fight a lot with Thalia, since she was a daughter of Zeus? (I didn't answer that one.) If Annabeth's mother was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, then why didn't Annabeth know better than to fall off a cliff? (I tried not to strangle Nico for asking that one.) Was Annabeth my girlfriend? (At this point, I was ready to stick the kid in a meat-flavored sack and throw him to the wolves.) — Rick Riordan

BOOKS BY RICK RIORDAN PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS The Lightning Thief — Rick Riordan